Vikas Bopanna

Developing market expansion strategy for emerging market. Negotiating and finalizing price with importers for South Asia, Middle East and East European markets.

Researched for MBA fest in India and developed contacts. Developed strategy based on data collection for different region. Did marketing of International MBA recruitment in India

Developed and migrateded supplier and achieved 3% savings on material expense. Helped suppliers to get on board in order to meet Honeywell standards. Tracked VA/VE activity on monthly basis and presented data to management for strategic decisions. Conducted VA/VE workshop and generated new ideas with a savings of 13 K Euros. Localized component supply by 90% for Peugoet SA and 81% for Volkswagen in India.

Did BOM costing to support sales team for project bidding. Formed supplier panel based on data analysis, cost, quality to finalize suppliers. Reduced cost and migrated suppliers to meet 80% BOM localization content. Launched 7 projects meeting customer launch time line.

Planned production line and improved On Time To Request (OTTR) by 5%. Reduced cycle time of New Product Implementation (NPI) line by 30%. Reduced packaging cost and achieved 21% savings in packaging. Generated ASN, delivery note and tracked inventory using SAP

Logistic and operations, Finance, Accounting, Business in Germany.

Supply chain, Industrial engineering, Quality management, JIT